EA had Star Wars Jedi gameplay demo.
Ubisoft had the Watch Dogs Legion demo.
And Square Enix had the Final Fantasy VII Remake demo.
Microsoft and Bethesda had 0 gameplay demos in their conferences (although Doom Eternal and Ori both got a trailer with some gameplay so there is that I guess?).
But the vast majority of games were shown through CGIs. Even already released and announced games.
We also had 0 big new IPs being announced with gameplay. Elden Ring, Deathloop, Ghost Wire, Gods and Monsters, Outriders, etc. All CG.
Even stuff that people were sure we would get gameplay like Halo Infinite, Gears of War 5 (even though we had a great gameplay presentation last year wtf), Cyberpunk 2077 (we got a 15sec gameplay glimpse I guess, yay), Avengers... all presented with CG.
Its pretty easy to see why this E3 is not being well received considering this situation.
Ubisoft had the Watch Dogs Legion demo.
And Square Enix had the Final Fantasy VII Remake demo.
Microsoft and Bethesda had 0 gameplay demos in their conferences (although Doom Eternal and Ori both got a trailer with some gameplay so there is that I guess?).
But the vast majority of games were shown through CGIs. Even already released and announced games.
We also had 0 big new IPs being announced with gameplay. Elden Ring, Deathloop, Ghost Wire, Gods and Monsters, Outriders, etc. All CG.
Even stuff that people were sure we would get gameplay like Halo Infinite, Gears of War 5 (even though we had a great gameplay presentation last year wtf), Cyberpunk 2077 (we got a 15sec gameplay glimpse I guess, yay), Avengers... all presented with CG.
Its pretty easy to see why this E3 is not being well received considering this situation.